[...]... Co KGaA, Weinheim ISBN: 97 8-3 -5 2 7-3 183 6-0 XIV Preface always so well defined and so these aspects are balanced nicely by David Smith’s chapter on gel-phase materials – in some respects a ‘‘halfway house’’ between solution-phase and solid-state assemblies We also felt it of key importance to illustrate ways to use small-scale molecular concepts in order to ‘‘synthesize-up’’ nanostructures Chapters by... Using Nano-capsules 301 XI XII Contents 12.3 Conclusions 302 References 303 13 Opportunities in Nanotechnology via Organic Solid-state Reactivity: Nanostructured Co-crystals and Molecular Capsules 305 Dejan-Kre4imir Bu4ar, Tamara D Hamilton, and Leonard R MacGillivray s c Introduction 305 Template-controlled [2 þ 2] Photodimerization in the Solid State 305 Nanostructured Co-crystals 307 Organic Nanocrystals... nanoscale structures As chapters by Mohammed Eddaoudi and Lee Cronin show, however, hybrid organic inorganic materials and well-defined inorganic building blocks as just as capable of assembling into well-defined and well-characterized discrete and polymeric nanostructures Crucial to the whole field of nanochemistry is the cross-fertilization between researchers from different disciplines that are approaching... contributions from the solid-state materials community as in Dario Braga’s perspective on the crystal engineering or organic nanostructures and from experts in discrete molecular assemblies such as Dimitry Rudkevich, Kay Severin, Thomas Rauchfuss and Bruce Gibb Of course, nanostructures are not Organic Nanostructures Edited by Jerry L Atwood and Jonathan W Steed Copyright Ó 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co... Surface-Encapsulated Clusters (SECs): Organic Nanostructures with Inorganic Cores 285 Perspectives 287 References 287 Nano-capsules Assembled by the Hydrophobic Effect 291 Bruce C Gibb Introduction 291 Synthesis of a Water-soluble, Deep-cavity Cavitand 292 Structure of the Cavitand (What It Is and What It Is Not) 292 Assembly Properties of the Cavitand 294 Photophysics and Photochemistry Within Nano-capsules... Chimica “G Ciamician” Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy Leroy Cronin University of Glasgow Department of Chemistry Glasgow G12 8QQ UK Organic Nanostructures Edited by Jerry L Atwood and Jonathan W Steed Copyright Ó 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co KGaA, Weinheim ISBN: 97 8-3 -5 2 7-3 183 6-0 XVI List of Contributors Marco Curzi Università di Bologna Dipartimento di Chimica “G Ciamician” Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna... Devices and Machines 16 Figure 1.12 First- and second-generation systems for mimicking an electrical extension cable (a) Structural formulas of the three molecular components 112þ, 12-Hþ and 13, which self-assemble in solution to give the 112þ ' 12-H3þ ' 13 triad The photoinduced electron-transfer process from the Ru-based unit of 112þ to the bipyridinium unit of 12-H3þ taking place in the fully connected... Metal–Cyanide Compounds 252 Werner Complexes 254 Expanded Nitrogen-donor Ligands 255 Carboxylate-based Ligands 258 Single-metal Ion-based Molecular Building Blocks 261 Discrete, 2D and 3D Metal Organic Assemblies 262 Zeolite-like Metal Organic Frameworks (ZMOFs) 264 sod-ZMOF 265 rho-ZMOF 266 Conclusion 270 References 271 10.1 10.2 10.2.1 10.2.2 10.2.3 10.2.4 10.3 10.3.1 10.3.2 10.3.2.1 10.3.2.2 10.4... Chemistry 7-3 -1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 11 3-8 656 Japan Dmitry M Rudkevich University of Texas at Arlington Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Arlington TX 7601 9-0 065 USA Voltaire G Organo University of Texas at Arlington Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Arlington TX 7601 9-0 065 USA Kay Severin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques CH-1015 Lausanne... interaction between molecular and supramolecular systems and light For a more detailed discussion, books [9–15] can be consulted Organic Nanostructures Edited by Jerry L Atwood and Jonathan W Steed Copyright Ó 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co KGaA, Weinheim ISBN: 97 8-3 -5 2 7-3 183 6-0 j 1 Artificial Photochemical Devices and Machines 2 1.2 Molecular and Supramolecular Photochemistry 1.2.1 Molecular Photochemistry . course, nanostructures are not XIII Organic Nanostructures. Edited by Jerry L. Atwood and Jonathan W. Steed Copyright Ó 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim ISBN: 97 8-3 -5 2 7-3 183 6-0 always. can be consulted. Organic Nanostructures. Edited by Jerry L. Atwood and Jonathan W. Steed Copyright Ó 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim ISBN: 97 8-3 -5 2 7-3 183 6-0 j 1 . figures and 9 tables 2007 Hardcover ISBN: 97 8-3 -5 2 7-3 166 4-9 Organic Nanostructures Edited by Jerry L. Atwood and Jonathan W. Steed The Editors Prof. Dr. Jerry L. Atwood University of Missouri–Columbia Department